Southern Railway Co. v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, J.
The Southern Railway Company filed its petitions alleging that it had been illegally assessed with sewer taxes for the years 1934, 1935, 1936 and 1937 on three vacant unimproved lots owned by it in the city of Richmond. From an adverse judgment the landowner obtained this writ of error.
The decision of the case turns upon the meaning of the pertinent provisions of section 170 of the Virginia Constitution, which read: “No city or town or county * * * shall impose any tax or assessment upon abutting landowners for street or other public improvements, except * * * for either the construction, or…
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